Zabava Explained

Zabava (Polish: Zabawa[1] [2] [3]) is an Eastern European or Slavic word for a party with music and dancing.[4] [5] [6] [7] The word zabava is often used as an adjective for Eastern European bands that play party music.[8] [9] Zabava has been used as the title of songs, the name of musical and dance groups, and the name of community centers.

Origin

The origin of the word zabava is from the Proto-Slavic word zabava meaning fun or amusement. Zabava sometimes refers to "entertainment."[10] It has come to mean "party" in Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine, and Czech culture.[11] [12] [13] [14]

Musical references

Zabava Bands

Canadian Zabava Bands

US Zabava Bands

Songs

Other

There is a Zabava (poem)

There is a Zabava is the name of a poem by Nicole Yurcaba.

Yurcaba's poem begins:

"There is a zabava,and everyone is singingthe songs about the birds;there is a pearl inside methat wishes I could playDedushka’s mandolin which restsin its battered leather casebecause I feel, at times,that all we as Ukrainians haveis each other and the music;the squalling trumpets,the plucked banduras,the daring dentsivkas,Diduk’s silenced mandolinand the tribal drumsthat move our feetand sway our hipsand preserve on our lipsthat intricate language,those spider-web secretsthat are preciously ours."[23]
Nicole Yurcaba is an instructor of English at Bridgewater College[24] whose poetry and essays have appeared in numerous publications.[25] There is a Zabava was featured in the Atlanta Review in 2015.

Other cultural references

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 13, 2023 . Zabawa . September 13, 2023 . The Cambridge Dictionary.
  2. Web site: 2022-08-25 . Zabawa — Polish heritage festival returns to Erie . 2023-09-13 . WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: 30th Annual Zabawa Polish Heritage Festival Kicks off at Holy Trinity Church . 2023-09-13 . www.erienewsnow.com . en.
  4. Yurcaba . Nicole . Spring–Summer 2015 . There is a Zabava . Atlanta Review . 21 . 2 . 7–8 . Literary Reference Center Plus.
  5. Book: Onic, Tomaz . CHAPTER NINE THE SLOVENE BIRTHDAY PARTY ON FILM, Highlights in Anglo-American Drama: Viewpoints from Southeast Europe . 2016 . 166.
  6. Book: Nahachewsky, Andriy . Ukrainian dance: a cross-cultural approach . 2012 . McFarland & company . 978-0-7864-6168-4 . Jefferson, N.C . 225.
  7. Book: Pajalic, Amra . The Good Daughter . Text Publishing Company . 2009 . 9781921520334 . 13.
  8. Web site: UKRAINIAN VILLAGE BAND – Ukrainian roots and Zabava band . 2023-09-05 . en-US.
  9. Web site: STEPPE . 2023-09-05 . steppeband.com.
  10. Book: Stanoje, Bojanin . Entertainment and Festivities in Medieval Serbia From the End of the 12th to the End of the 15th Century; Zabave i svetkovine u srednjovekovnoj Srbiji : od kraja XII do kraja XV veka . Institute of History . 2005 . Belgrade . 233, 394.
  11. Kalynovska . Iryna . 2017-08-18 . Ukrainianisms as a Reflection of the National Identity in Ukrainian-Canadian Literature (Using Source Material From the Novel «The Ladies’ Lending Library» by Janice Kulyk Keefer) . Науковий вісник Східноєвропейського національного університету імені Лесі Українки . uk . 3 . 223–227.
  12. Papo . Eliezer . 2007 . Serbo-Croatian Influences on Bosnian Spoken Judeo-Spanish . European Journal of Jewish Studies . 1 . 2 . 343–363 . 10.1163/187247107783876329 . 1025-9996.
  13. English as a foreign language: how emotional can it be? . University of Zagreb. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Department of English language and literature . 2019-09-20 . info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis . en . Ivana . Milanović.
  14. Book: Colloquial Slovene. Book . 2003 . Routledge . 978-0-415-08946-3 . Repr. . London . 58.
  15. Web site: Capital Ukrainian Festival - Zirka . 2023-12-21 . capitalukrainianfestival.com.
  16. Web site: Zirka . 2023-12-21 . Pysankafestival . en.
  17. Web site: Rushnychok . 2023-09-05 . citizenfreak.com.
  18. Web site: Pathway . New . 2020-06-25 . Reflections on Rushnychok at 50 . 2023-09-05 . New Pathway Ukrainian News Новий Шлях Українські Вісті . en-US.
  19. Web site: Ukrainian-Canadian Zabava, Pub, Wedding, Polka & Party Bands . 2023-09-05 . www.ukr-can-zabavabands.ca.
  20. Web site: EMA 2008: Turbo Angels - "Zabava" . 2023-09-13 . Eurovisionworld . en-gb.
  21. Web site: Певица ZABAVA official website www.zabavamusic.com . 2023-09-05 . ZABAVA official . ru.
  22. Web site: Zabava Russian Dance . 2023-09-05 . www.zabavadance.com . en-US.
  23. Web site: 2014-06-11 . There Is a Zabava . 2023-12-25 . vox poetica . en-US.
  24. Web site: 2022-11-15 . Poetry by Nicole Yurcaba . 2023-12-25 . luna luna magazine . en-US.
  25. Web site: Nicole Yurcaba, Author at Atticus Review . 2023-12-25 . Atticus Review . en-US.
  26. Web site: HOME Zabava Banquet Hall and Catering . 2023-09-05 . Zabava . en.